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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 16 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I have had two separate bomb detection dogs on two separate occasions alert on me when I had a young, female puppy. Different puppies as well.

They're still just dogs.

[–] AMA@piefed.zip 7 points 1 week ago

so get a female puppy when smuggling a bomb, noted!

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

And you're just a bomb-maker? /j

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

bomb detection dogs are only mildly more accurate than a coin flip

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My dog is in this picture and I don't like it.

[–] Korval@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you provided your dog a job with a living wage, maybe they wouldn't feel compelled to steal socks instead of buying them.

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I offer my dogs all the time, they just aren't very good at them.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I miss when my dog would steal socks, he was so proud of himself. Old man doesn't even play with his own toys now.

[–] StoicImpala@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's not enough that all humans have to be constantly "productive", now dogs must as well?